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… Researchers with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program … one of the world's most comprehensive collections of fungal genomes. A sweeping analysis published in Nature Reviews Microbiology of nearly 2,000 of these genomes reveals just how much we still have to discover …

… a consortium that  released a very high quality reference genome sequence of green millet ( Setaria viridis ) in  Nature Biotechnology.  … to the release of 52,515 publicly-available microbial draft genomes generated from environmental samples around the … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Thank you for joining us at the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & …

… peatlands store approximately one-third of the world’s soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat … these boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a … change. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at …

… researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … this collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom … cracked open the genome of another polar species, the green alga Microglena sp. YARC, which also contains expanded …

… Dr. Frederik Schulz joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016 and is leading the New Lineages of … al. 2022. Giant virus biology and diversity in the era of genome-resolved metagenomics. Nature Reviews Microbiology … catalog of Earth’s microbiomes. Nature Biotechnology 39, 499-509. Schulz et al. (2020) Giant virus diversity and …

… Ritu Singh, Jiaqi Tan, Claire Willing Each year, the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) accepts proposals for … and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Understanding these functions gives … are accepted year-round; the next deadline is Jan. 29, 2027.    …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partnered with … studying Chromosome 5, which contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked to conditions such as …

… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. … from their own genomes. One of these systems, the CRISPR-Cas9 system, is a powerful tool in gene editing, but many other …

… To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha … Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, … diverse plant species. It was developed to improve plant genome annotations at the US Department of Energy (DOE) …

… plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  Proposals are accepted … call; the next deadline for proposal submission is Sept. 9, 2025, for inclusion in the November 2025 review. You can …